To celebrate the group's 120th anniversary, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra offers a new episode in the Mariss Jansons Mahler cycle: the majestic 'Symphony No. 5'. The history of this world class orchestra and the Gustav Mahler composer are closely intertwined. It was Willem Mengelberg who championed Mahler's music with his Amsterdam orchestra, and this music has retained a fixed place been on their music stands ever since. Mahler with the RCO is always like coming home. In this recording Jansons underscores more than ever the Fifth's narrative, poetic side.